The natural reserve of “Delta de l’Ebre” is located at the rivermouth of riverEbre, in the province of Tarragona, between the regions of Montsia and BaixEbre, in the southernmost part of Catalonia. The last years the park has got some distinctions.​

It was declared NaturalReserve in August1983 and expanded in 1986.

It was included into the Plan of Areas of NaturalInterest of Catalonia

Declared SpecialProtectionArea of Birds

Into the list of Wetlands of InternationalImportance of the RamsarConvention.

​The EbreRiver is the mightiest river of Iberian Peninsula, and it’s the responsible of this environment, getting sediments along his way to deposit it here. These sediments have created a surface of more than 320Km2, where a lot of habitatshavebeenformed.

The shape of the Delta it’s like an arrow that gets into the sea almost 22km.Creating the secondbiggestDelta of the MediterraneanSea after of the Delta of Nile. The “Delta de l’Ebre” it’s the Cataloniamostimportantwetland, and one of the most important of occidental Europe.

BIRDS AND VEGETATION

​The “Delta de l’Ebre” it’s internationallyveryimportant for a lot of plants and birds. Almost 95bird species nidify here, whereas many others hibernate, rest, and feed themselves during their migrations. The Delta hosts approximately 325birdspecies from the 600 existents in Europe.

The Delta has a typically Mediterraneanclimate, with moderatetemperatures (average temperature 17ºC) and a high humidity levels, with scarce precipitations, usually like storms. Summer here is dry whereas spring and autumn are the seasons with the most rainfall. The most characteristic meteorological phenomenon is the wind, which is usually persistent, and very often, so strong

THE LAGOONS

The southern part of “Delta de l’Ebre” it's composed for tworelativelylargelagoons: The “Tancada” and the “Encanyissada” lagoon. The first one, the “Tancada”which in Catalanmeansclosed, has this name because hasnodirectnaturalcommunication with the sea; however, it’s connected with the baythrough a man-made irrigation ditches and canals

The other one lagoon, the “Encanyissada” is the one closest to the village of SantCarles de la Rapita, as well as the largest of all the lagoons in the Delta. This one it communicatesnaturallywith the AlfaquesBay. ​

Throughout the lagoons, the presence of macrophytes is vital, not only because they offer protection for fish against the heat and predators, but also because they constitute a source of food of utmost importance for aquatic birds. The conservation of macrophytes has become an essentialissue since the impact of a variety of phytosanitary products used in localcrops has caused this kind of submergedvegetation to considerably decrease in numbers in some of the lagoons